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A sobering editorial from The Manila Times lays bare the scale of the Philippines' OFW crisis in the Middle East: nearly 3 million Filipinos work and live across the region, and a full-scale war could trigger the largest repatriation operation in the country's history. 'Ensuring the
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The House Committee on Justice found Monday that two of the four impeachment complaints against Vice President Sara Duterte are sufficient in form — clearing the first procedural hurdle in what promises to be a dramatic political showdown. The committee, chaired by Batangas Rep. Gerville 'Jinky Bitrics' Luistro, began
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President Marcos assured the nation on Sunday that Filipinos across the Middle East have been moved to safe locations, with many sheltering in bomb shelters, as the exchange of airstrikes between the US, Israel, and Iran intensifies. In a video message, Marcos said all Philippine embassies and labor attachés have
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In a strategic move ahead of Monday's House Committee on Justice deliberations, civil society group Tindig Pilipinas announced it will withdraw the second impeachment complaint it filed against Vice President Sara Duterte. But don't read it as backing down — they're consolidating forces behind the
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Women Workers United (WWU) is calling on Filipinas to take to the streets on March 8 — International Women's Day — for a massive protest in Manila demanding government accountability over corruption. The group argues that stolen public funds are not just a governance issue but an act of '
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Davao City Rep. Paolo Duterte unleashed a fiery broadside against the International Criminal Court on Sunday, calling it a 'lapdog of the powerful' that practices 'selective prosecution and weaponized law.' The congressman — son of detained former President Rodrigo Duterte — questioned why the ICC is silent about
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Senator Erwin Tulfo is pushing for the Senate's concurrence on a treaty between the Philippines and the United Kingdom that would allow sentenced Filipinos in British prisons to serve the rest of their time back home. He sponsored Senate Resolution No. 315 just five days after it was
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The Department of Social Welfare and Development is gearing up to host a major regional event this week — the 35th ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Council meetings, running March 2-5 in Makati City. DSWD Secretary Rexlon Gatchalian made the announcement Sunday, positioning the Philippines as a key leader in ASEAN's
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Both the ICC prosecutor and the lawyers representing drug war victims are pushing back hard against any possibility of releasing former President Rodrigo Duterte from detention in The Hague. At a hearing on the annual review of Duterte's detention Friday night (Manila time), they argued there are simply
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China's aggressive actions in the West Philippine Sea aren't just diplomatic reactions — they're a calculated, deliberate strategy to reshape the entire regional balance of power. That's the stark warning from national security expert Dr. Jose Antonio Goitia, who described Beijing's
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Senate President Vicente Sotto III just filed a bill that could change how the government monitors its infrastructure projects — by putting them on livestream. Senate Bill 1835 seeks to reorganize the Department of Public Works and Highways and create an infrastructure inspectorate team that would broadcast inspections of public works
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After years of failed attempts, the push to legalize medical cannabis in the Philippines just cleared a major hurdle. The House Committee on Dangerous Drugs, jointly with the Committee on Health, approved a consolidated bill that would allow regulated medical use of cannabis — while keeping recreational marijuana firmly illegal. Under